A4074 crash in South Oxfordshire on 30 December 2016 at 13:21 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a Volvo XC90 were involved in a crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire at 13:21 on Friday 30 December 2016. The 19-year-old male driver of the MG ZR and a 17-year-old female passenger in the MG ZR were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2016
- Friday, 13:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and Volvo XC90
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67485, longitude -1.19194, in the OX44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandford & the Wittenhams, South Oxfordshire, OX44 9PR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016430011700
- Council area
- South Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4074
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4015
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2021.
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 18 October 2021
1 m awayRef 2021430469955
Serious
BMW IX crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 21 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025430308239
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 20 October 2004
8 m awayRef 200443P292104
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 22 June 2010
8 m awayRef 201043P239060
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 16 November 2011
8 m awayRef 201143P171111
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire, 2 September 2023
9 m awayRef 2023430393003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2016430011700 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2016.